Educational support for orphans and vulnerable children in primary schools: Challenges and interventions
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Date
2016
Authors
Mwoma, Teresa
Pillay, J.
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Western Australian Institutes for Educational Research
Abstract
Educational status is an important indicator of children’s wellbeing and future life
opportunities. It can predict growth potential and economic viability of a state. While
this is an ideal situation for all children, the case may be different for orphans and
vulnerable children (OVC) due to the challenges they go through on a daily basis. This
article aims to advance a debate on the findings of our study on the educational support
provided for OVC through a critical engagement on the challenges experienced and the
intervention measures to be taken in South African public primary schools context. The
study involved one hundred and seven participants comprising sixty five OVC and forty
two teachers. Questionnaires with structured and unstructured questions were utilised to
collect descriptive and qualitative data. Findings suggest that, although the South African
Government has put mechanisms in place to support OVC attain basic education,
numerous challenges were found to be hindering some OVC from attaining quality
education. Based on the findings, several intervention measures have been suggested.
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Mwoma, T. & Pillay, J. (2016). Educational support for orphans and vulnerable children in primary schools: Challenges and interventions Issues in Educational Research, 26(1), 82-97. http://www.iier.org.au/iier26/mwoma.pdf